Business Manager - Finance

Pinsent Masons; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinsent Masons is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Business Manager to join the Finance team in Dublin and Madrid. You will provide strategic financial insight, challenge and guidance to support decision-making, improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.

You will be a trusted adviser, translating complex financial information into clear commercial recommendations while partnering with senior stakeholders across offices.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent. An MBA or equivalent is desirable.
• Significant experience in finance business partnering, commercial finance, business management or operational leadership.
• Experience in professional services, consultancy or a partnership environment is advantageous.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and performance reporting experience.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate financial data into clear commercial recommendations.
• Confident communicator with credibility to challenge constructively in a matrix organisation.
• Experience supporting change, continuous improvement and cross-functional working.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Heads of Office for Dublin and Madrid, providing commercial finance support and insight.
• Support Global Sector Head with performance analysis, planning and growth initiatives.
• Analyse office, team, matter and client profitability to identify risks, trends and opportunities.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and month-end performance reporting.
• Advise on pricing for bids, tenders and client proposals.
• Support business cases for lateral hires, promotions, recruitment and resource requests.
• Contribute to strategic projects, including growth initiatives, office expansion or operational change.
• Collaborate across Finance, HR, Business Development, IT and wider teams to improve decision support.

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

MBA

Finance business partnering

Commercial finance

Operational leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Job description

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Business Manager to join our Finance team and play a key role in supporting the success of our Dublin and Madrid offices, while also partnering with one of our Global Sector Heads.

This is a highly visible role at the heart of the business. Working closely with Partners, Office Heads and senior stakeholders, you will provide strategic financial insight, challenge and guidance to support decision‑making, improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.

More than a finance specialist, you will be a trusted adviser who can translate complex financial information into clear commercial recommendations, influence stakeholders and help shape the future direction of the business.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with the Heads of Office for Dublin and Madrid, providing commercial finance support and insight.
• Support one of the firm's Global Sector Heads with performance analysis, planning and growth initiatives.
• Analyse office, team, matter and client profitability to identify risks, trends and opportunities.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and month-end performance reporting.
• Advise on pricing for bids, tenders and client proposals.
• Support business cases for lateral hires, promotions, recruitment and resource requests.
• Contribute to strategic projects, including growth initiatives, office expansion or operational change.
• Work collaboratively across Finance, HR, Business Development, IT and wider business management teams to improve consistency and decision support.

What We're Looking For

We’re interested in hearing from commercially astute finance professionals who combine strong technical expertise with excellent stakeholder management skills.

• Qualified accountant, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent. An MBA or equivalent would be desirable.
• Significant experience in finance business partnering, commercial finance, business management or an operational leadership role.
• Experience within professional services, consultancy or a partnership environment would be advantageous.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and performance reporting experience.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate financial data into clear commercial recommendations.
• Confident communicator with the credibility to challenge constructively and operate in a matrix organisation.
• Experience supporting change, continuous improvement and cross-functional working.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.